posted on February 27, 2005 05:50:04 PM new
Got the email from ebay about their new Best Offer feature and it sounds like a good deal. On BIN and Fixed Price items, I find myself dropping the cost towards the end and this would alleviate that need.
Had anyone tried this yet?
When will Vendio support it?
How much of an addition cost is there???
TIA!
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posted on February 27, 2005 06:37:34 PM new
"I find myself dropping the cost towards the end"
???
It would have never occurred to me to lower a fixed price item at the end of its run. If the cost is flexible, why not use regular auctions in the first place?
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posted on February 27, 2005 06:46:24 PM new
I've tried it on around 5 FP items -- the offers submitted were so ludricious, that I doubt I'll offer again...
BTW: there is NO change (AT PRESENT) for this "enhancement" --
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posted on February 27, 2005 06:56:12 PM new
Think of it as a sale...
An regular auction and a fixed price auction are two different things, if you didn't know it.
If I think I can bring in $30 for an item, I list Fixed at $30. If I get a lot of traffic and no takers, then perhaps I've overpriced.
Rather than waste the auction, I'll lower to $27 or so and poof -- sale! If I let it ride at $30, it MIGHT sell, but if not, I've lost the costs and have to relist.
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posted on February 28, 2005 07:47:07 AM new
I do not use the "best offer" feature yet I get email from people making me offers. I ignore them because they really want me to give it to them at a cost of ZERO profit for me LOL
posted on February 28, 2005 03:18:14 PM new
I 've been considering doing the following- Starting as an auction with the lowest price I will take for the item-I will add a line at the end of the post stating that if there are no bids at sometime during the auction we reserve the right to change the status of the post to Buy it Now-The idea being if they are sitting on the fence waiting until the end of the auction to bid- at any given time someone could beat them to it-It's getting that 1st bid thats the hard part-
posted on March 1, 2005 08:20:06 PM new
Anyone using the best offer feature needs their head examined. It is a feature designed to cut the throat of every seller on ebay. If you use it, all you do is to encourage bidders only to watch your items, then low ball you at the end.
posted on March 2, 2005 01:35:45 AM new
Tried it during the recent 5c listing day on a bunch of Fixed Price listings. Mostly low ball offers. Pointed out to potential bidders our much higher website direct prices, and that our ebay listings were loss-leaders - so got what we wanted i.e. sales.
Probably won't bother using it again as it's self-defeating, plus once you receive an offer you can no longer modify that listing. We usually drop the fixed price as the auction end nears.
posted on March 2, 2005 10:24:09 AM new
I was thinking of using it for really high ticket items - does the offer show on the auction??
I guess I'm not really sure how it works.
